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agma

Pronunciation: /ˈagmə/
Definition of agma

noun

Phonetics
  • the speech sound of ‘ng’ as in thing, a velar nasal consonant represented by the symbol /ŋ/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Origin:

1950s: from late Greek, from Greek, literally 'fragment'

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Definition of agma in the US English dictionary
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